The word Carol actually means dance or a song of praise and joy! Carols were part of year round Pagan rituals that were "Christianized" in the 15th century. The earliest Carols told the story of the Nativity as an occasion for rejoicing.
It's a safe guess Christmas has the largest repertoire of songs of any Christian holiday. This allows for the fact some Christmas carols are not really Christmas -Oriented ( for example, Jingle Bells, Home for the Holidays, Sleigh Ride) but have become seasonal favorites not played at other times. It's a safe estimate, including borderline Yule songs- there must be at least 300 or 400.
Christmas music actually breaks down into several groups of songs: Hymns and carols, secular Christmas songs, and "holiday" songs, those which are commonly sung at Christmastime, but do not specifically mention Christmas in any way, "Jingle Bells" being the best example. In the area of carols, some of the most commonly heard Christmas carols are "Silent Night", "O Little Town of Bethlehem", "Away in a Manger", "Good King Wenceslaus" - there are many more.
there is 20,000000 of them. Probably there are about 20 very popular ones that we hear every Christmas. Of the 20,000,000, some of them are mine, but no body else knows about them, because I sing them just between me and God! In more conventional terms, there are about 74 or so popular Christmas songs and carols that have stood the test of time, been widely sung/recorded and remain popular today.
Australians sing a variety of carols and contemporary songs at Christmas.Traditional Christmas carols include:Silent NightOh Come All Ye FaithfulHark the Herald Angels SingAngels We Have Heard on HighThe First NoelWe Three KingsAway in a MangerJoy to the WorldOh Little Town of BethlehemGood King WenceslasChristmas songs from America are also popular, despite the lack of snow, such as: Frosty the SnowmanI'm Dreaming of a White ChristmasRudolph the Red-Nosed ReindeerJingle BellsOh Christmas TreeDeck the HallsIn addition, Australia has many local songwriters who have written uniquely Australian carols. These include (among others): Australian Jingle Bells by Colin BuchananSix White Boomers by Rolf HarrisThe Three DroversThe Carol of the BirdsChristmas Day ("the North Wind is tossing the leaves") by John Wheeler and William G JamesChristmas in the Scrub by Leigh NewtonAustralian Twelve Days of Christmas
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The lyrics to the Christmas song "Jingle Bells" can be found on many lyric databases specifically for Christmas carols. Some of these Christmas carol databases include Hymns and Carols of Christmas and Carols.
Christmas carols are based on Christian lyrics and relate, in the main, to the Nativity. Christmas carols were introduced in to church services by St Francis of Assisi in the 12th century. As for the word carols, "carol" is a derivative of the French word caroller, the interpretation of which means dancing around in a circle. Carol and carols, eventually came to mean not only to dance but included music and lyrics - hence Christmas Caroling.The joyous themes for many traditional Christmas carols were banned in England by the staunch Protestant Oliver Cromwell and many of the very old Christmas carols and songs were subsequently lost for all time. Christmas carols were only fully popularised again during the Victorian era when they again expressed joyful and merry themes in their carol lyrics as opposed to the normal, more sombre, Christian lyrics found in hymns. As religious observances in the United States and England were closely linked the popularity of Christmas carols grew in both countries in the 19th century. Many Christmas traditions are relatively recent such as Santa Claus and reindeer and bear no relation to Christmas carols. We have reflected this in the unusual and beautiful Victorian Angel Pictures we have included for your pleasure and enjoyment. Today Christmas songs and carols are also fast becoming a tradition.Merry Christmas and enjoy singing the wonderful words and lyrics to the Christmas carols & Christmas songs featured on this Christmas carols and songs website. Enjoy browsing our Christmas carols list and Happy Christmas carol]BY JORDAN TOOTHthe fantastic 1Emily hallam smells and loves joe Louisresources: http://www.carols.org.UK/
hello everyone from aidans and idsall =P... the answer is No if ur doing the questionaire.. from some1umm dont know...Christmas carols are based on Christian lyrics and relate, in the main, to the Nativity. Christmas carols were introduced in to church services by St Francis of Assisi in the 12th century. As for the word carols, "carol" is a derivative of the French word caroller, the interpretation of which means dancing around in a circle. Carol and carols, eventually came to mean not only to dance but included music and lyrics - hence Christmas Caroling.The joyous themes for many traditional Christmas carols were banned in England by the staunch Protestant Oliver Cromwell and many of the very old Christmas carols and songs were subsequently lost for all time. Christmas carols were only fully popularised again during the Victorian era when they again expressed joyful and merry themes in their carol lyrics as opposed to the normal, more sombre, Christian lyrics found in hymns. As religious observances in the United States and England were closely linked the popularity of Christmas carols grew in both countries in the 19th century. Many Christmas traditions are relatively recent such as Santa Claus and reindeer and bear no relation to Christmas carols. We have reflected this in the unusual and beautiful Victorian Angel Pictures we have included for your pleasure and enjoyment. Today Christmas songs and carols are also fast becoming a tradition.Merry Christmas and enjoy singing the wonderful words and lyrics to the Christmas carols & Christmas songs featured on this Christmas carols and songs website. Enjoy browsing our Christmas carols list and Happy Christmas carol]BY JORDAN TOOTHthe fantastic 1Emily hallam smells and loves joe Louisresources: http://www.carols.org.UK/
The word Carol actually means dance or a song of praise and joy! Carols were part of year round Pagan rituals that were "Christianized" in the 15th century. The earliest Carols told the story of the Nativity as an occasion for rejoicing.
All of the many Religious Carols- after all the center of the Chruch- Roma.
i have read many Xmas story's. In some of them they sung but i would say all of them have at least one song.
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Most Greeks are and were Orthodox Christians. Christmas was not a major holiday, but Easter was (and is). Throughout the years, Greeks have adopted many of the European Christmas customs, such as Christmas trees and the sending of Christmas cards. They have their own set of Christmas Carols as well.
People sing a lot of different songs during Christmas. In fact, people publish songbooks full of Christmas Carols, which is what we often call Christmas songs.A few of the names areO Christmas TreeO Holy NightThe First NoelJingle Bells... but there are many, many more.
In the Christmas carols entitled The Twelve Days of Christmas, there are twelve days of Christmas counted down until the final day is sung as 'and a partridge in a pear tree'.
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